"Yami... How can I dream about this? Maybe I got it from you otherwise It's impossible!"
"No, I didn't remember it thus it cannot be the answer.. Yugi, there is no way to find out for now. I'm sure we'll know later... Now let's get back to work!"
Yugi nodded in agreement. He worked all morning and still go no result. Also, for an unknown reason, his computer kept crashing, lights kept flicking on and off and the power fully went out a few times.
* * *
At lunchtime...
"I'm tired of this! Nothing works and who knows what's up with the power failures! I'm calling Seto!"
He grabbed the phone to find a busy line.
"What? Why are all those things happening to me? It's as if something was against me today!"
Yugi was becoming grumpy. He went to another phone. Surprisingly, that one worked.
"Hi?" Seto frowned. It was uncommon to get a call from Kaiba Corp. on a weekend.
"Hey! I'm trying to make something work here and I still didn't find a way to do it. Could you please come to help me?"
"But we're Sunday! I only take two days off in a week and I need them! I feel so worn out."
"Aw please. It's important!"
"...Okay..." He groaned. "I'll be there soon."
Yugi patiently waited while he continued to try stuff.
By the time Seto got there, he had already started making a new, interesting program that could maybe have the wanted effects if it was way more developped than it was. After a short explanation of what he was trying to achieve, they both got to work, together.
"Yugi, I don't know if we'll be able to do this. If we did... Kaiba Corp. would be even more popular thanks to your ideas."
"I don't care, all I want is to meet Yami!"
Seto turned his head away from Yugi's sight to hide his smile.
* * *
After hours and hours of research and a lot of time wasted over computer crashes, Yugi and Seto came up with a program they called the "Splitter".
Splitter was very complex and was kept in a tiny chip. When inserted in a machine like the ones Kaiba used to form his virtual reality, Splitter would supposedly be able to seperate soul and body. It was, in fact, an alternation of the teleportation process Seto Kaiba created years ago to be able to move freely in his virtual world.
Yugi was holding the chip in his hand, fascinated.
"Well, we need a beta-tester. I think that can only mean you."
Both exchanged smiles. Their rivality turned into strong friendship over time.
Yugi delicatively inserted the small piece in the machine and sat down on it, taking a deep breath.
This is it Yami if it doesn't work, who knows what will happen!
Be confident Yugi! You and Seto looked for potential bugs in it over and over and, with the knowledge I have, which is pretty much like yours, I say it is flawless!
Let's hope so...
"Ready?" Excitation could be seen in his icy blue eyes.
"I am... LET'S GO!"
Seto sat down at a desk and typed a code on his keyboard. A blinding flash filled the room. When it subsised, he hurried to look at Yugi. His body seemed lifeless...
"I hope it works fine."
He checked for his pulse and other stuff to make sure he was still alive and well.
"So far so good. Now communication. I don't know if he can hear me if I speak in my microphone. After all, if he's still in the building, he'll hear me since we have speakers all over the place!"
* * *
Yugi looked around himself; he was, apparently, still in the same room but everything was blurry. He could hardly define any object as they seemed to have no contour line. Yugi looked down below and saw his body. Fear took over him but he tried to stay as calm as possible. He noticed Seto sitting at the computer nearby. He, too, wasn't clear.
Yugi also realized he could see things that he couldn't when he was physical. For example Seto's aura, energy waves and such things were visible. That seemed pretty odd to him. He felt light but it was as if he was attached to the ground.
He tried to move but still got the same feeling.
"Yugi, the more you behave as if you were still in your physical body, the more restricted you will be. Remember, you can do anything here as long as you're really willing to. You just have to visualize it and concentrate. I'll attempt leaving my soul room now. See you soon."
Yugi nodded and started moving around the room successfully. He soon hit the ceiling with his head.
Maybe going through this isn't as easy as Yami said...
* * *
Kaiba looked at his computer.
"Test, Yugi can you hear me?"
He got no answer and frowned.
"I hope he's okay, if he's not, I'll be majorly mad... I don't even know if he heard me or no or if he'll be able to reply."
* * *
Yugi looked up at the ceiling as if it was the greatest challenge ever. He heard waves that sounded like a deformed voice to him. He shrugged and when back to concentrating and visualizing he could go through it. When he tried, he hit it again. A low chuckle behind him caught his attention.
"Yugi!!!" Yami's voice sounded more surprised than happy.
Yugi spun around, excitation reaching its peak.
"It worked!" His voice seemed abnormally higher than usual.
Yami didn't appear all blurred out to him. He was perfectly fine.
"Yugi... look at yourself!" His eyes were wide open.
Yugi's eyebrows drew together in confusion. He held his arms out and was surprised to see that his skin was awfully pale. He moved a bit and noticed that it glittered silver. He looked down at himself to see that he was clothed in a loose white robe, similar to the ones mages wore in fantasy stories.
"What's wrong?"
Yami shook his head and his hand reached out, ready to graps Yugi's fingers in his.
Yugi extended his shaking arm towards the other one, kind of afraid. Their palms slowly made contact.
Yami, still shocked, took Yugi's hand in his and pulled on him.
"Follow me!"
He gained speed, dragging the smaller one behind him and easily passed through the wall to the other room but Yugi violently hit it.
"Ah, sorry... I forgot."
After a few tries, he successfully went through the wall.
They continued like that until they reached the bathroom. Both lowered themselves closer to the floor and "stood" in front of the mirrors.
"Look!"
Yugi's jaw dropped because of what he saw...
* * *
"Um hello? Yugi? Yami? Anyone??"
His computer suddenly froze. A message displayed on the screen. Seto read it out loud.
"Their "blood" is mine. Get out of this before something happens to you. What??? Someone hacked me and they know what Yugi is trying to do!"
The computer crashed.
* * *
"Yami? What's that, all about!?"
Yugi stared confusedly at the mirror. Even though it seemed to be full of waves and not solid, he could still clearly see himself in it. The reflexion he was gazing at was a female's. She had much softer features and the same hairstyle as him but long hair fell on her shoulders. Instead of being gold, her bangs was silvery colbat blue. Her spikes were silver and the top of them a darker shade of blue. The rest of it was a nice mix of the three colors.
She was slightly shorter than Yugi in his body and had a pretty muscular build for a female, yet she seemed somewhat delicate. The same purple eyes glowed in her face but they seemed much more flashy on a pale, silver skin.
Yugi took a closer look at the white robe in the mirror and realized the girl's chest wasn't flat at all. Then he looked down at himself and saw the same thing.
"Yami! Tell me this is a joke! If it is, it's not funny!"
Yami gently shook his head.
"You want to know something even more surprising?"
"Oh why not? I don't think something can be more than this!" He pointed the mirror.
"Hehe, think again. You know the Wiccan girl I talked to you about? You're her exact duplication, if you count out the silver reflects of your skin."
"Oh my god, what's the meaning of all this? I'm so confused!"
"So am I..."
* * *
"GOD DAMN COMPUTER!"
The machine wouldn't reboot. Seto punched it several times.
"You will NOT get Yugi, whoever you are!"
Seto got up from his chair and started turning on all the other computers of the room, hoping that one of them would work.
* * *
Yami slowly approached Yugi from behind. He was a few inches taller than the female one. He looked exactly like he did when he took over Yugi in reality. Only few things differed; a much more muscled body and darker skin, almost gold.
He was wearing a black robe simular to Yugi's white one but clearly designed for a male. He stopped by the girl's side who spun around to face him.
The surprise rapidly disappeared and Yugi accepted that form. After all, if it was the only way to be close to Yami, it was fine.
He cupped the female's chin with his right hand, looking deeply into her beautiful eyes.
"You're like her... Faeruzya, the "white mage". These eyes, Yugi... These I recognized but I thought it was just a coincidence. They had the same sparkle and color as yours." He paused and smiled.
"I... I loved her, dear. No wonder I... um... loved you as well for so long if you're the same person, somehow..." His voice was full of nervosity.
Yugi tried to bow her(I'll use her for Yugi from now on) head but couldn't because of Yami's hand.
"Now that you mention it, I love you too. Ever since we started getting closer after grandpa's death... I felt it..." She spoke shyly.
"Needless to say, dear..."
They were so close to each other now...
They fell into each other's arms and hugged tightly. It was as if there was a single person there and not two as they were the perfect opposites; man and woman, light and dark, their skin and clothes contrasted as well as their hair.
Yami caressed Yugi's long hair, staring at her lovingly.
"Why didn't you tell me about your feelings before?"
"I have, Yugi. Many times, through my actions. I protected you, avoided you from getting trouble, supported you in whatever you tried..."
"Yugi someone wants to kill you! Watch out! I hope you can hear this!" The voice came from the speakers.
"Uh? Yami, did you understand?"
Another voice interrupted Yami before he had time to speak.
"He said someone wants to kill you. Aw what a cute couple! The angel and the... fallen demon? Not even enough evil to be called that!"
Yami turned his head towards the voice that seemed so familiar to him.
"Shajaki!" ( Pronounced Shah-Jah-Kee)
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Okay! I know this chapter probably left you confused a lot because that's where all of my story parts join up together. Next chapter will give clear answers about all of that though, don't worry! By the way, Shajaki is my made up character. ^^ Isn't it cute that, apparently, Yami's love for Yugi lasted milleniums, whatever his physical form was? ^^"
